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托福词汇之与cook有关的习语

2015-07-07来源:互联网

  1. To cook the books – to record false information in the accounts of anorganisation.(在一个组织的账户上面记录错误或者假的信息。)

  例句:When the company went bankrupt, it was discovered that one of thedirectors had been cooking the books for years.

  公司破产的时候才发现一个董事会成员一直做假账做了好多年。

  2. To go from/get/jump out of the frying pan into the fire – to go from abad situation to a worse one.(逃脱小难又遭大难。)

  例句:She had always had problems with her sales manager, so was relieved whenhe was sacked. However, she went from the frying pan nto the fire with the newsales manager!

  她跟销售经理之间一直矛盾重重,所以当他被解雇后她觉得如释重负。然而,当她遇到新的销售经理时她觉得自己才脱龙潭又入虎穴。

  3. Too many cooks spoil the broth – too many people managing a job canactually create more problems.(—多反误事。)

  例句:Look, we need to decide once and for all who is managing this projectbecause we have a situation of too many cooks spoiling the broth at themoment.

  喂,我们需要彻底地决定谁管理这个项目,因为我们现在处于一种人多反误事的境况。

  4.To Cook Something Up – to organise something(组织事情)

  例句:Leave the organisational details of the party to me. I will cooksomething up and it will be fantastic. You’ll see.

  把聚会的组织细节留给我吧。我会组织一切,绝对做到最好,你等着看吧。

  5. To grill someone -to question someone without stopping(不停地质问某人)

  例句:The police grilled the suspect for seven hours and still couldn’t get aconfession out of him.

  这个警察拷问了嫌疑人七个小时,但是仍然不能让他认罪。

  6. To boil over – when someone cannot control their anger and start toargue or fight(当一些人不能控制他们的愤怒从而开始争吵或是打架)

  例句:The situation was so tense in the boardroom that people’s tempers wereboiling over by the end of the meeting.

  会议室的气氛如此紧张,在会议结束时大家都快要吵起来了。

  7. To simmer down – to become calm(冷静下来)

  例句:Hey, simmer down and relax. Getting angry won’t change things.

  嘿.冷静下来放松一下。生气改变不了任何事情。

  8. To Simmer with rage/anger – to be filled with negative emotions likerage and anger(充满愤怒和生气等负面情绪)

  例句:Susan simmered with rage when she saw the mess her son made in thekitchen.

  当苏珊看到儿子把厨房弄得一团糟时,气不打一处来。

  9. Half-baked ideas (informal) – ideas that have not been thought outenough(未经过深思熟虑想出来的想法)

  例句:James is always coming to me with his half-baked ideas on how we canincrease sales. He is so annoying.

  詹姆斯总是带着很不成熟的想法来找我说如何增加销售额,他真是烦人